MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING

OF THE PORT OF HOODSPORT COMMISSION

April 8, 2009

Call to Order:  9:30am                                                                   Adjourned:  9:47am

Roll Call:                                    Commissioner Wyatt

                                                     Commissioner Benavente

                                                     Commissioner Hamlin

Staff Present:                              Rich McEachin, Executive Director

                                                     Terry Veitz, Admin. Assistant

Public:                                         None   

Approval of Agenda: Commissioner Hamlin made a motion to approve the agenda

for April 8, 2009 as submitted. Commissioner Benavente made the second, passed unanimously.

Public Communication:            None

Commissioner Reports:

Commissioner Benavente: Reported that he attended a County meeting in which an Outdoor Public Events Ordinance was discussed. Some problems exist, but they will continue to work on them. He will be attending the CTED summit on April 17^th - 19^th and he gave information about the upcoming WPPA meeting schedule.

Commissioner Hamlin: Reported that the Lake Cushman Board is very pleased that information about Lake Cushman is being included in various avenues.

Commissioner Wyatt: Reported that he attended the WRIA-16 meeting and offered the agenda and minutes. He attended the County Commission meeting and the on-site septic regulations were approved. Contractors have not been approved due to budget issues. He also reported that he talked to Commissioner Sheldon regarding the potential closure of Potlatch Park. Commissioner Sheldon related that they are working on some things to hopefully keep the parks open.

Executive Directors Report: Executive Director McEachin reported that he received a letter from the County Commissioners regarding sewer project information. They said they can’t include the Hoodsport Commission because there are only 3 entities included on the grants and they don’t want to compromise those. They will send update reports to the Port Commission in the future. Exec. Dir. McEachin reported that he sent a thank you letter to the Journal for a job well done regarding his interview with them and the manner in which the article was printed.

Consent Agenda:

Minutes: Commissioner Hamlin made a motion to approve the March 25, 2009 minutes as submitted. Commissioner Benavente made the second, passed unanimously.

Vouchers:

Commissioner Benavente made a motion to approve voucher 4-1, pages 1,2, & 3, as submitted. Commissioner Hamlin made the second, passed unanimously.

Old Business:     None

New Business:    None

Recess of Regular Meeting/Convene Executive Session:

At 9:41am, Commissioner Hamlin made a motion to recess the regular Port meeting and convene the Executive Session per RCW 42.30.110 (1) (b), for 5 minutes. Commissioner Benavente made the second, passed unanimously.

Adjourn Executive Session/Reconvene Regular Meeting:

At 9:46am, Commissioner Hamlin made a motion to adjourn the Executive Session and reconvene the regular meeting. Commissioner Benavente made the second, passed unanimously.

Adjourn:

Commissioner Hamlin made a motion at 9:47am to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Benavente made the second, passed unanimously.

Minutes Approved: April 22, 2009